Raw Story: Trump will use MAGA sheriffs and citizen volunteers for his roundup agenda: experts

[Dennis Donovan]

Raw Story - Trump will use MAGA sheriffs and citizen volunteers for his roundup agenda: experts

Matthew Chapman
December 6, 2024 7:05PM ET

President-elect Donald Trump is likely to enlist the help of citizen militias and county sheriffs to carry out his mass deportation schemes, former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi warned on MSNBC Friday evening — in response to reports that some militias are already gearing up for such a project.

"I think, historically, the bulwark against that has been the rule of law, and I wonder how, in light of the last conversation, these groups maybe hear something different and don't feel there is resistance to what they seek to do?" asked anchor Nicolle Wallace.

"This is the emboldening and enabling of militia groups," Figliuzzi agreed. "And in particular, I'd focus on two border states where there are 'constitutional sheriffs' who have large posses, they literally call them the sheriff's posse, and they are deputized and train with the sheriff's instructors. And I would say, if I had to do some predictive analysis, you'll seen certain counties in Arizona and Texas have citizens engaging in roundups. And somehow empowered or deputized to assist federal agents."

The fact is, he continued, "there's no way federal agents can do this by themselves. Absolutely not believable it can happen. They're going to need state, local, county. And the first you look to is the sheriffs and counties in those two states."

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Civilian posses trained to hunt down various groups.

After the immigrants, what other groups are up next?

[rampartd]

5. i'd recommend that gays and trans keep a low profile

muslims

blacks, of course

school teachers and college profs. opposition journalists

atheists

jews, because why not

catholics, because they will no longer need us. consrvative catholics may be among the lasy, but we are mostly democrats from families who immigrated from sicily , ireland, poland and such.

i dont know about chines/japanese vietnamese koreans or phillipine americans. they may keep them as a working class.

at some point, with any luck, they will eat each other.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Women folk crossing state lines.

They be up to no good.

[rampartd]

8. what percent of women voted to have their periods tracked and birth control prohibited?

i guess we will get to that "find out" moment fairly early in the game.

and i may have left out the homeless. lord knows what is in store for them. (which will probably include me if the cut social security and medicare.

[Irish_Dem]

10. It will probably be illegal to be homeless.

The posse will come for you.

Yes when we no longer have a safety net, I do not know what will happen.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

2. In a word: Depraved.

[Johonny]

3. Ghee, I wonder if this will lead to gun violence

Hmm . . .

[Solly Mack]

4. And these sheriffs and gangs will murder people.

They'll rape and abuse people.

It will happen.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Trump can give them viagra and booze, like Putin did to soldiers invading Ukraine.

With specific orders what to do.

[Solly Mack]

13. Trump won't care what they do. Far too many Americans won't either.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Actually Trump will love it if they break the law and are brutal and cruel.

Trump gets off on that.

[Solly Mack]

15. That's true. He got off on the insurrection. He encourages violence.

[Irish_Dem]

16. Yes he loves it when people commit violence on his behalf.

Makes him feel powerful and in control.

[rampartd]

9. all of the talk of the "cost of deportation"

a "trail of tears" is not beyond these people

[Irish_Dem]

11. Yes once the billionaires steal the entire deportation fund, what then?

Hitler thought about relocating all the Jews in Europe to Madagascar but it was expensive and impractical.

He and his staff came up with other solutions.

[Solly Mack]

12. True. Not beyond them at all.